Froog Solutions (3)

Froog's solution to the danger of having your taxi get snarled up in rush-hour traffic...

Hole up in a bar for a couple of hours, until the rush hour is dying down.


Ordinarily, I do everything I can to avoid using a taxi other than for work reasons; and I'm often quite happy to walk home from the east side of town - yes, sometimes even the 7 or 8 miles from Chaoyang Park. However, one day last week I was headed out that way on a major shopping expedition and didn't fancy lugging heavy bags too far. Although, as it happened, I did lug them the 3 miles or so back to Dongsi and then take the subway... I was a bit drunk by that point, you see.